Case law

Decker v. Furniss

3 Duer 291 · The Superior Court of New York City · May 6, 1854

Full performance of the covenant on the part of Brown was made; the vessel left her wharf completed on the last of January, 1850, and she was registered in the names of Brown and Furniss, as joint owners, on Furniss’ affidavit … This is not a controversy between Brown and Furniss, but is one between them and third persons.

Leicht v. Board of Excise

46 N.Y. St. Rep. 835 · The Superior Court of New York City · May 26, 1892

Wynehamer v. The People, 13 N. Y., 378 . … Chew Heong v. U. S., 112 U. S., 559 ; Salters v. Tobias, 3 Paige, 344 ; Hill v. Duncan, 110 Mass., 240 .

Donovan v. Board of Education

12 Jones & S. 53 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 1, 1878

Board of Health, 10 N. Y. 409 ; Brady v. Supervisors, Id. 260). … (Bassett v.

National Board of Marine Underwriters v. National Bank

60 N.Y. St. Rep. 625 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 15, 1894

Welsh v. German Am. Bank, 73 N Y. 424; Shipman v. Bank of State of N. Y., 126 N. Y. 320 , 37 St. Rep. 376 ; Frank v. Chemical Nat. Bank, 84 N. Y 213; Quincey v. White, 63 N. Y. 367 .

Board of Water Commissioners of Detroit v. Burr

2 Sweeny 25 · The Superior Court of New York City · Dec 4, 1869

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Board of Supervisors

8 Bosw. 683 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 1, 1861

The same decision was made in this Court in The New York Life Insurance Company v. The Supervisors of New York, ( 4 Duer, 192 ,) and the views expressed by me in the former case were approved. … I feel no disposition to open the discussion again; if I were to do so, I should content myself with citing Heywood v. The City of Buffalo, (14 N. Y.

Lord v. Comstock

20 Jones & S. 548 · The Superior Court of New York City · Dec 7, 1885

All damages which, from a legal point of view, were not within the contemplation of the parties at the time of the making of the contract, are too remote (Sparks v. Bassett, 49 Super. Ct. 270).”

Kramer v. Board of Police Department

21 Jones & S. 492 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jul 2, 1886

—By section 250 of chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, known as the Consolidation Act, it is provided that the government and discipline of the police department of the city of Hew York shall be such as the *495 board of police … The question was presented to the court of appeals in the case of Davis v. The American Society, &c. ( 75 N.

People ex rel. Oliver v. Board of Police Commissioners

64 N.Y. St. Rep. 21 · The Superior Court of New York City · Nov 15, 1894

The police board rejected the certificates of nomination of said James Oliver, and he now seeks by mandamus to compel them to accept the same. … Klinker v. Board of Police Com’rs, 63 St. Rep. (Barrett, J.). The facts here presented are precisely the same as those before Mr. Justice Barrett in the Klinker Case.

Holbrook v. Wilson

17 Bosw. 64 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 22, 1859

(Th e Central Bank of Brooklyn v. Lang, 1 Bosw. R., 202.) … It is similar to the rule declared in The Bank of the United States v. Davis. ( 2 Hill, 459 .) The defendants have fallen short of doing this.

Board of Commissioners v. Erie Railway Co.

5 Rob. 366 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 6, 1868

In Davis v. Mayor, &c. of New York, ( 14 N. Y. … (Commissioners of Pilots v. Clark et al. 33 N. Y. Rep. 265 . King v. Ward, 4 Ad. & El. 384. King V. Russell, 6 Barn. & Cress. 566.)

Burnett v. Snyder

41 Jones & S. 342 · The Superior Court of New York City · Aug 1, 1876

Brown Snyder, against whose property attachments had- been obtained, on the alleged ground of his non-residence. … King v. Leighton ( 58 N. Y. 883 ), is an authority to the effect, that a party to an action cannot be compelled to submit to an examination, at the instance of the adverse party, save as a general witness in the cause.

Board of Commissioners of Pilots v. Vanderbilt

2 Rob. 367 · The Superior Court of New York City · May 21, 1864

Culver v. Haydn, 1 Ver. Rep. 359. Spear v. Dietz, 9 id. 382. And Adriance v. McCafferty, ante, p. 153.) … It was held in Meeker v.

Trask v. Jones

5 Bosw. 62 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 25, 1859

They were, of course, so ordered with the knowledge of Brown & Codman, the owners who had made this contract to sell her. … Belknap Smith, 88 Wall street, or to the captain or agent on board, at Pier 4, North River.”

Adams Express Co. v. Board of Police

65 How. Pr. 72 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 15, 1883

The Board of Police.

People ex rel. Gorlitz v. Board of Education

20 Jones & S. 520 · The Superior Court of New York City · Dec 23, 1885

Gere v. Whitlock ( 92 N. Y. 191 ). … Sims v. Board of Fire Commissioners, &c.5 is referred to. *522 In the case at bar, in conformity with the terms of the act, the city superintendent recommended the removal.

Burnett v. Snyder

13 Jones & S. 582 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 3, 1879

Bell v. Quin

2 Sandf. 146 · The Superior Court of New York City · Oct 7, 1848

In direct contravention of this statute, and of his duty as a member of the board, Mr. … And in one of them, (Brown v.

New York Life Insurance v. Board of Supervisors

1 Abb. Pr. 250 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 15, 1855

The case of Moses v. Smedley, (6 Johns. Ch. … The case of Meserole v. The City of Brooklyn, ( 26 Wend. 132 ), carried the doctrine still further.

People ex rel. Simpson v. Board of Police Commissioners

63 N.Y. St. Rep. 397 · The Superior Court of New York City · Oct 15, 1894

It seems that the police board, by a divided vote, declined to print the relator’s name upon the official ballot, on the ground that one Timothy J. … Campbell claimed to have been nominated by the same convention for the same office, and the board was divided as to whether the name of Simpson or Campbell should go upon the ticket.